Pregnancy Update

I have not updated our blog in a while but now that I am on bed rest until this little boy gets here I will have plenty of time to keep everyone updated on how we are doing! First of all the big news WE ARE HAVING A BABY BOY!! We are both so excited for this little man to get here. This pregnancy has definitely been a long journey but well worth it and I would't have it any other way. At 13 weeks I was having some bleeding and cramping so we went to the doctor and found out that I had a Placenta Previa where his placenta was covering both of my cervix and could cause some serious bleeding issues if I did anything so I was put on bed rest for 6 weeks hoping as he grew it would pull the placenta away and everything would be fine. Luckily at our next ultrasound everything looked good, the placenta had moved and I was no longer on bed rest! YAY! This lasted for about 4 weeks and then I started having some contractions and cramping so after a few days of these we decided to go up to labor and delivery and get things checked. They did an ultrasound and found that my cervix was thinning already! I was only at 23 weeks at this point! We met with our doctor and talked about our plan from here on out and he felt that it would be best if I went back on bed rest and had weekly ultasounds and appointments to make sure I was not thinning out more. I had to go to the first ultrasound by myself because it was Jared's first day of work in the emergency room. I had thinned so much since our last ultrasound they made me stay at the office until my doctor could come talk to me between surgeries and decided that it would be best if we did what they call a cerclage and sew my cervix shut to keep this little man in there for as long as we can. I called Jared and told him the news and he had to leave his first day of work after only being there for 30 minutes! We were added onto the surgery schedule that afternoon. The surgery went very well and as planned and me and baby boy are doing great! They gave me a steroid called Betamethasone to help his lungs develop since we don't know how soon he is going to make his grand entrance. Jared also has to give me a shot once a week at home of Progesterone to help prevent pre-term labor as well. We can't wait to meet this little guy but he definitely needs to stay in and cook a while longer. We also have an appointment and tour with the NICU so we can know what to expect from them when he gets here as well. I will try and keep everyone updated as best I can over the next little while as to how we are all doing!

Here is a belly picture at 22 weeks!